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<p><b>2.</b> <def>The mouth.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.or Low]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

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<hw>Gob"bet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. & F. <ets>gobet</ets>. See 2d <er>Gob</er>.]</ety> <def>A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<blockquote> had broken the stocks to small <b>gobbets</b>. <i>Wyclif.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gob"bet</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

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<hw>Gob"bet*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In pieces.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Huloet.</i>

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<hw>Gob"bing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See lst <er>Gob</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal</def>. It is called also <altname>gob stuff</altname>.</def>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>The process of packing with waste rock; stowing</def>.

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<hw>Gob"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gobbled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gobbling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Freq. of 2d <ets>gob</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.</def>

<blockquote>Supper <b>gobbled</b> up in haste. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.</def>

<blockquote>He . . . <b>gobbles</b> out a note of self-approbation. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To gobble up</col>, <cd>to capture in a mass or in masses; to capture suddenly. <mark>[Slang]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Gob"ble</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To eat greedily.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.</def>

<i>Prior.</i>

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